Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Historical Note
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Processing Note
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics : Records of the UCLA Website
Date (inclusive): 1912-2001, [bulk] 1920-1998
Collection number: 458
Extent:
21 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: The records include documentation of the original papers in which discoveries were first reported, biographical material,
including some photographs, and descriptions vetted by Field Editors.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nina Byers, 2004.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics : Records of the UCLA Website (Collection 458). Department
of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Historical Note
The website,
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/
presents important and original contributions made in the field of physics before 1976 by 20th-century women scientists;
83 women are included on the website, spanning the first three quarters of the 20th century, at which time women were sparsely
represented in the field.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of documentation of the original papers in which discoveries were first reported, biographical material,
including some photographs, and descriptions vetted by Field Editors.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Research office files (pre- and post-1950)
- Unposted materials (Field Editor copies)
- Research files (Field Editor files).
Processing Note
Processed by Norma Williamson, August 2006.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Women in physics --Archival resources.
Webmasters --California --Los Angeles --Archival resources.
Web sites --California --Los Angeles --Archival resources.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Records of the UCLA website, Contributions of 20th century women to physics
